About the Author: I go by the in game name Samhain, I've played in the nineteen bracket from Vanilla all the way through Warlords of Draenor. I originally played rogue but throughout the years I have played every class in each of their expansions and have become very knowledgeable about every aspect of every class. With the announcement of Classic WoW servers at Blizzcon 2017, I am making this guide to help the players that didn't get to experience the nineteen bracket as it was at the games original release.​

*Shadowmeld - Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Night Elf Rogues and Druids with Shadowmeld are more difficult to detect while stealthed or prowling.

*Touch of Weakness (Priest Racial) - The next melee attack against the caster will cause 8 Shadow damage and reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 2 for 2 min.

*Will of the Forsaken - Provides immunity to Charm, Fear and Sleep while active. May also be used while already afflicted by Charm, Fear or Sleep. Lasts 5 sec. 2 min cooldown.

*Cannibalize - When activated, regenerates 7% of total health every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect. 2 min cooldown.

*Berserking - Increases your casting and attack speed by 10% to 30%. At full health the speed increase is 10% with a greater effect up to 30% if you are badly hurt when you activate Berserking. Lasts 10 sec.

Gearing your Priest in Classic WoW is a little more complex than in current retail because there is no option to lock your experience. Discovering the areas you need to do your quests in before hand and doing your quests at the earliest level possible is vital.

I also use a Burning Crusade database for the links, because there are no Classic databases that work with forum links, to see the items actual vanilla stats use this database https://db.vanillagaming.org/

NECKSentinel's Medallion (Not available until later Patch.)
(Alliance Only) Requires honored with Silverwing Sentinels, compete in battlegrounds to win marks of honor you turn in for rep gain. Buy from Illiyana Moonblaze located in southern Ashenvale.

Scout's Medallion (Not available until later Patch.)
(Horde Only) Requires honored with Warsong Outriders, compete in battlegrounds to win marks you turn in for rep gain. Buy from Kelm Hargunth located in northern Barrens.

Ghostly Mantle
(Horde Only) Picked up from High Executor Hadrec in The Sepulcher located in Silverpine Forest, you must enter the dungeon Shadowfang Keep in Silverpine Forest and find the corpse of Deathstalker Vincent within the courtyard to turn in the quest and receive your shoulders.

Reinforced Woolen Shoulders
If you ever manage to raid Naxxramas on your main and manage to get Resilience of the Scourge (31 healing and 5 MP5) you can enchant it onto a pair of white shoulders and mail them to your twink (You will probably be kicked from your raiding guild for doing this lol). The reason Reinforced Woolen Shoulders are the best option is because they will become uncommon quality in The Wrath of the Lich King and give 4 stamina and 5 spell power, but will become souldbound to your twink.

BACKEngineer's Cloak
This quest chain begins in Ratchet located in The Barrens with Ziz Fizziks and is given by Sputtervalve , once you find Ziz Fizziks located in Stonetalon Mountains he will give you Super Reaper 6000 kill venture co shredder operators until the plans drop then turn in the quest, Ziz Fizziks then gives you Further Instructions you must deliver a letter back to Sputtervalve, then sends you back to Ziz Fizziks, finally you receive the last quest Gerenzo Wrenchwhistle you must go to the bridge located above the lake in Windshear Crag and kill Gerenzo Wrenchwhistle for his mechanical arm, upon completion you will receive the cloak.

Caretaker's Cape (Not available until later patch.)
(Alliance Only) Requires honored with Silverwing Sentinels, compete in battlegrounds to win marks of honor you turn in for rep gain. Buy from Illiyana Moonblaze located in southern Ashenvale.

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Battle Healer's Cloak(Not available until later patch.)(Horde Only) Requires honored with Warsong Outriders, compete in battlegrounds to win marks you turn in for rep gain. Buy from Kelm Hargunth located in northern Barrens.

CHESTTree Bark Jacket
Bind on Equip random drop from the dungeon Blackfathom Deeps, can be bought from the auction house.

WRISTSMindthrust Bracers Bind on Equip random drop from the dungeon Shadowfang Keep, can be bought from the auction house.

FINGERLorekeeper's Ring(Not available until later Patch.)
(Alliance Only) Requires honored with Silverwing Sentinels, compete in battlegrounds to win marks of honor you turn in for rep gain. Buy from Illiyana Moonblaze located in southern Ashenvale.

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Advisor's Ring (Not available until later Patch.)(Horde Only) Requires honored with Warsong Outriders, compete in battlegrounds to win marks you turn in for rep gain. Buy from Kelm Hargunth located in northern Barrens.

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Seal of Wrynn(Changes to these stats in a later Patch.)(Alliance Only) Quest chain starts from an envelope that drops fromEdwin VanCleef , last boss of the Deadmines instance in Westfall.Seal of Sylvanas(Horde Only) Pick up the quest at The Seplucher located in Silverpine Forest. You must fully clear the dungeon Shadowfang Keep located in Silverpine Forest and loot the head of the last boss Arugal.Lavishly Jeweled RingDrops fromGilnid the goblin boss in the Smelting room in the Deadmines dungeon in Westfall.Black Widow Band Bind on Equip random world drop, can be bought in the auction house.

TRINKETArena Grand Master (Not available until later Patch.)Chest spawns at the Gurubashi Arena in Stranglethorn Vale at 3,6,9 and 12AM and PM server times, loot Arena Master 12 times to turn into Short John Mithril the goblin in the stadium and receive your AGM.

Insignia of the Horde(Horde Only) Requires the PvP rank Grunt, compete in battlegrounds to win marks you turn in to increase rank. Buy from Brave Stonehide in the Hall of Legends, in Orgrimmar, just before the Valley of the Spirits.

Staff of the Friar Bind on Equip random drop from the dungeon Blackfathom Deeps, can be bought from the auction house.

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Lorekeeper's Staff (Not available until later Patch.)(Alliance Only) Requires honored with Silverwing Sentinels, compete in battlegrounds to win marks of honor you turn in for rep gain. Buy fromIlliyana Moonblaze located in southern Ashenvale.

Advisor's Gnarled Staff (Not available until later Patch.)(Horde Only) Requires honored with Warsong Outriders, compete in battlegrounds to win marks you turn in for rep gain. Buy fromKelm Hargunth located in northern Barrens.

Wand SpecWand Specialization 5/5, Healing Focus 2/2, Improved Renew - This is more of a support priest spec capable of dealing damage but has slower burst healing capabilities. Priests using this spec usually focus more on instant casts like shadow word: pain, renew and dispel in between wanding.http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#bVZf

MP5 = (Mana per 5 seconds) Mana that is restored every 5 seconds in and out of combat.

1 Spirit =

Mana EfficiencyMana efficiency refers to the most cost effective way to heal or in other words the most healing per point of mana. In Classic mana does not regenerate like it does in retail today, you have to be smart when using your mana and know what spells will maximize your healing capabilities and which will render your mana pool useless.

For example, below are the spells by highest efficiency to lowest efficiency based on the average healing of each spell without any healing power.

Heal (Rank 1) - 2.05
Lesser Heal (Rank 3) - 1.95
Renew (Rank 2) - 1.76 Improved Renew 3/3 - 1.53 Unspeced
Lesser Heal (Rank 2) - 1.74
Renew (Rank 1) - 1.72 Improved Renew 3/3 - 1.51 Unspeced
Lesser Heal (Rank 1) - 1.71
Powerword: Shield (Rank 3) - 1.31 Improved Powerword: Shield 3/3 - 1.21 Unspeced
Powerword: Shield (Rank 2) - 1.26 Improved Powerword: Shield 3/3 - 1.1 Unspeced
Powerword: Shield (Rank 1) - 1.12 Improved Powerword: Shield 3/3 - 0.97 Unspeced
Heal (Rank 1) is the most efficient healing spell, specing into Divine Fury brings your Heal spell to a 2.5 second cast and it is also the most effective way in the bracket to burst heal. Improved Renew brings up your renews mana efficiency a good amount, I use renew on allies when I am repositioning or kiting when no one is in danger of dying, try not to over heal your allies with renew. Power Word: Shield is not worth using in vanilla, it costs too much mana for such a low amount of absorption, you will only be throwing mana away that could be used much more efficiently, if your ally is in danger of dying I recommend spamming Lesser Heal (Rank 1) instead of casting Powerword: Shield. Dispel Magic can be more mana efficient than any other spell depending on the circumstance, if you're quick at dispelling removing things like a glass cannon warlocks corruption can save your teammate from a lot of hurt at a lower cost than what you would of healed for that full duration of corruption.
Advanced Unit FramesThe default interface for battlegrounds in Classic is horrible, especially for playing a healer class, the first thing you will want to do before entering Warsong Gultch is pick up a good unit frame add-on that will allow you to view your entire raid in battlegrounds. The best unit frame add-on in Classic is Luna Unit Frames but you can also use Grid.

Other Useful Add-onsDecursive is another great add-on that displays your teammates debuffs all in a bar that can be moved to a more convenient and visible location, allows you to assign Dispel Magic to your left or right mouse click when you interact with the buff bar, you can also customize the spells you want to be displayed in the debuff bar, be sure to only assign magical effects to be displayed. Examples - Polymorph, Fear, Hammer of Justice, Corruption.

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